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FH needs to have heart to heart with V

The one thing we needed V to do last night was stay out of foul trouble. He didn't, and we won in spite of him, not because of him. At least two of his fouls were stupid, preventable mental mistakes. And he is damn lucky he didn't get T'd up after his third foul when he spiked the ball into the basket support. In my opinion, that shows a lack of regard for the rest of the team and had I been officiating the game it would have been an automatic T. The team would have really been in a bad spot if he'd picked up his fourth foul then and, in my honest opinion, he should have. I hope FH sits down and has a heart-to-heart with him.

Re: FH needs to have heart to heart with V

He's in a slump right now, I think maybe we bring him off the bench for the next game and give the start to Godfrey. This game is one we will win by blowout and it sends a subtle message which does weird things to players.

Re: FH needs to have heart to heart with V

JVB will come out of it is just a matter of when. He is improving. There was one play last night when he posted up and just stayed there, they ended it up passing it around him to the guy cutting in uncovered on the back side, he didn't move, he didn't try and make a play on the cutter. He did what he needed to...sadly no one helped out.

Re: FH needs to have heart to heart with V

I'm not sure of the game plan on getting help down low. Obviously JVB is all alone too many times with real bigs. As a player its hard to let one go to live another play. I seen some more preventing the post in set plays. Fast breaks and rebounding (offensive putbacks) is where the fouls tend to come from.

Re: FH needs to have heart to heart with V

Originally Posted by wxman1

JVB will come out of it is just a matter of when. He is improving. There was one play last night when he posted up and just stayed there, they ended it up passing it around him to the guy cutting in uncovered on the back side, he didn't move, he didn't try and make a play on the cutter. He did what he needed to...sadly no one helped out.

JVB made some progress last night. The 6 points were OK, but the 9 rebounds were better. The most encouraging development was that he remained in the game after picking up his 3rd foul and ended up playing around 10 productive minutes down the stretch. Definitely something to build on, and I expect to see some breakout games in the near future.

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